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What is government but an arrangement by which the many accept the authority of the few?

Barbara W. Tuchman

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Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (January 30, 1912 – February 6, 1989) was an award-winning American historian and author.

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As the era of the sword was ending, that of firearms began, in time to allow no lapse in man’s belligerent capacity.

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Voluntary self-directed religion was more dangerous to the Church than any number of infidels.

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